Ayane Sakura is a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. She is affiliated with I'm Enterprise. Some of her major roles include Natsumi Koshigaya in Non Non Biyori, Tsubaki Sawabe in Your Lie in April, Iroha Isshiki in My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, Cocoa Hoto in Is the Order a Rabbit? And Nao Tomori in Charlotte.

Ayane Kurihara is a female Japanese badminton player. She began playing badminton at 9 years of age, and played competitively from that age. She became a member of the Japan national badminton team at the age of 19. Her current partner is Naru Shinoya for women's doubles and Kenta Kazuno for mixed doubles. Kurihara is scheduled to compete with her partner in mixed doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.